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Thursday, April 19, 2012

More Baffles and Snorkel

Continuing on the baffles I have pretty much wrapped up the
Snorkel (induction) at this point. Just some future
paint and connecting the cable to the push/pull lever in the cockpit. This was a lot of work, but progressing
slowly each night has worked great. Also
including a pic of the clips and stiffeners that have been riveted to the rear
baffles.

And the baffle behind cylinder
3 has a support that was too long. Below is a picture trying to show the issue. I
think it is because the Superior cylinders do not taper so are fairly thick at
the base. So I fabbed up a second
support and riveted it in place. Holds
perfectly. Also, I picked up some small ¾
inch blast tube stand offs from the forums..
Basically this one is in place in front of Cylinder 1 and will blast air
on the regulator component of the alternator.